Genèse 21:30

30 Et il répondit: C'est que tu accepteras ces sept jeunes brebis de ma main, afin que ce me soit un témoignage que j'ai creusé ce puits.

Genèse 21:30 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 21:30

And he said
That is, Abraham replied to Abimelech: for these seven ewe lambs shall thou take of my hand;
as a present from him, to be retained as his own: that they may be a witness to me that I have digged this well:
these were to be a testimony that the well that had been taken away from Abraham was one that he had dug, and was his property, and which Abimelech acknowledged by his acceptance of these seven lambs; and very probably Abraham received a note from the hand of Abimelech, owning his reception of the seven lambs, and his title to the well, which these were a witness of.

Genèse 21:30 In-Context

28 Et Abraham mit à part sept jeunes brebis du troupeau.

29 Et Abimélec dit à Abraham: Qu'est-ce que ces sept jeunes brebis que tu as mises à part?

30 Et il répondit: C'est que tu accepteras ces sept jeunes brebis de ma main, afin que ce me soit un témoignage que j'ai creusé ce puits.

31 C'est pourquoi on appela ce lieu-là Béer-Shéba (puits du serment); car ils y jurèrent tous deux.

32 Ils traitèrent donc alliance à Béer-Shéba. Puis Abimélec se leva avec Picol, chef de son armée, et ils retournèrent au pays des Philistins.